Butter spreader



S. N. KOHN.

BUTTER SPREADER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1921.

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SIMON N. KOHN, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BUTTER SPREADER.

proved article of this character with which cold, hard butter may be evenly spread much more easily than is possible with spreaders at present in common use.

The features of the invention, whereby this object is attained, will be clearly understood from the following description and accompanying drawings, in which: Figure l is a side elevation of the butter spreader in its preferred form;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, on a'large scale, of the blade portion of the spreader; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view I taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

The butter spreader as shown is provided with the usual handle 5 and blade 6 having an enlarged butter spreading end 7.

When butter is cold and hard consider able difficulty is frequently experienced in spreading it with the use of the usual spreader having a smooth sided blade, as the blade easily slips over the butter and is apt to make it moreor less lumpy instead of spreading it smoothly and evenly. To

Specification of Letters Patent. .Patented Aug; Application filed September 1, 1921. Serial No. 497,501,

overcome this difficulty the present con struction has" a longitudinal edge portion 8 of one side beveled to form a knife edge and has the portion 9 adjacent this beveled port-ion provided with relatively coarse striations extending diagonally across the blade in one direction and similar striations extending diagonally across the blade in a transverse direction to forma knurled surface. The smooth beveled portion 8 extends to the outer extremities of the serrations so that the serrations do not interfere with the cutting of the butter.

all lumps may be quickly evened by means ofthe serrated surface and the butter'spread economically in a smooth and even layer.

While it is preferred to employ the specific construction illustrated and described,

it is to be understood that this construction is not essential except so far as specified in the claims. I

What Iclaim is:

1. A butter spreader provided with a blade having one side'flat and a longitudinal edge portion of its other side beveled to form a knife edge, with theportion of the latter side adjacent saidbeveled portion knurled to form a roughened surface.

. 2. A butter spreader provided with a blade having a knife edge with a portion of one side of the blade spaced from saidknife edge knurled to form a roughenedsurface,

the other side of said blade bein fiat.

SIMON I It will be apparent that in spreading a piece of butter 50 N? KoHN, v 

